Saturday, May 17, 2014

RCRW June 2014 Workshop

June 14, 2014

11:00AM- 12:30PM

Developmental Editing
– Exploring Content through

Themes, Setting, and Character

Presented by Garret Marco

There’s a fickle step between first draft and editor-ready manuscript where an author has to decide which ideas are golden and which are heavy as lead and need to be transmuted. It’s hard to kill your darling and much easier to throw the baby out with the bath water – cutting clichés comes later. This workshop takes a look at the mysterious realm of developmental editing, both working solo and with a flesh-and-blood editor – a place where ideas still matter. Get ready to put that English degree to good use.About the PresenterGarrett Marco is a writer and editor with seven years’ experience in literary journals. He is an Acquiring Editor at Soul Mate Publishing, a fiction editor at the literary journal The Grove Review, and a freelance editor working in Portland, Oregon. While trained in literary arts, Garrett’s passion is genre fiction. He searches for the elusive Science Fiction Romance and adores quality prose. He receives novel queries and requests for freelance editing at garrett@soulmatepublishing.com. You can follow him on Twitter:@garrett_marco.